[ Opisthokonta | Metazoa | Eumetazoa | . . .
. . . | Lorisiformes | Galagidae | Otolemur ]
Courtesy of Anne B. Clark
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Taxonomy: | Eukaryota | Opisthokonta | Metazoa | Eumetazoa | Bilateria | Deuterostomia | Chordata | Craniata | Vertebrata | Gnathostomata | Teleostomi | Euteleostomi | Sarcopterygii | Dipnotetrapodomorpha | Tetrapoda | Amniota | Mammalia | Theria | Eutheria | Boreoeutheria | Euarchontoglires | Primates | Strepsirrhini | Lorisiformes | Galagidae | Otolemur |
Synonym: | Galago garnetti |
Common: | small-eared galago, bush baby (German: Kleinohr- oder Nördlicher Riesengalago) |
Comment: | The small-eared galago, Otolemur garnettii, or bush baby, occupies a phylogenetically important position as one of two major branches of the prosimian primates. Galagos diverged from the other major branch of prosimians, the lemurs, approximately 43 million years ago. It is thought that prosimians have more primitive developmental and morphological characteristics than other primates. The visual system of primitive nocturnal primates is of particular interest to evolutionary biologists and has been well studied in galagos. |
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Publication: |
Lindblad-Toh K, Garber M, Zuk O et. al.
( 2011)
Nature 478, 476-482.
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